Underneath the swirling light of jasmine tea and smokeYou traced my face up on the barroom wallAnd you tried to intimidate me as you drank your drinks and jokedSaying it takes more than clean hands to catch angels when they fallWell I'll keep that in mind

Come on darlin' oh my myCome and hear my 23rd Street lullabyGot a bottle of wine, a bag of tricksThere's a place for you under my fingertipsThere's a place for you, oh my myUp on the rooftops of my 23rd Street lullaby

Me and you on the avenue, on a summer nightBass and drums and the traffic hums and I feel all rightWell come and walk beside me darlin' and I'll take my placeI'm a little low on courage, but I'm high on faithAnd I feel so fine

Come on darlin', oh my myCome and hear my 23rd Street lullabyGot a bottle of wine, a bag of tricksThere's a place for you under my fingertipsThere's a place for you, oh my myUp on the rooftops of my 23rd Street lullaby

Got a downtown heart, got a love so sweetGot a tone poem and a funky little beatGot a music box, it's soft insideAnd in your arms I come aliveSo don't you worry now, say you willI'll be waiting here until you take a chance, take a riskI'll take what's broken and I'll take what's fixed

Me and you on the avenue, on a summer nightBass and drums and the traffic hums, and I feel all right

Come on darlin', oh my myCome and hear my 23rd Street lullabyGot a bottle of wine, a bag of tricksThere's a place for you under my fingertipsThere's a place for you, oh my myUp on the rooftops of my eyesWant to take a chance, take a riskI'll take what's broken and I'll take what's fixedI can't hear youLet me hear youMy 23rd Street lullaby